Chords create the harmonic structure of a piece of music by establishing which notes may be played together at each location.
Scales create the melodic structure of a piece of music by establishing which notes may be played in sequence at each location.
In practice, these two aspects of music are strongly connected, and work closely together. Scales used for key centres are almost always related to the chords used at each location in the song.
For this reason, we will simply use the term harmony to refer to the combination of both.
In Songtrix, the partnership of the Chords and Scales tracks allows you to explore and define the harmony of your song with great precision, although there is no requirement to use both (or either) of these tracks.
Harmony captures the essential changing moods of a piece of music as it progresses from start to end. Original and sophisticated harmony plays a critical role in the potency and distinctiveness of most truly great pieces of music.
Songtrix provides a comprehensive kit of tools to help you explore, discover and navigate the vast map of harmonic pathways on which your music can travel.
It then seamlessly integrates the harmony of your song into the development of the other tracks. Using track linking, chords can guide the selection of the key centres, which in turn guide the creation of musical events.
This process also happens continuously and automatically with styles (and with reharmonized repeat segments). You need only enter a chord sequence and then a musical arrangement, based on the style, is generated for you.
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